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Comparable

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Adjective

comparable

  1. That which may be compared (to), that which is similar (to)
    An elephant is comparable in size to a double-decker bus
    You can't say that robbing a bank is like pickpocketing - the two are just not comparable
  2. (grammar) of an adjective, able to be compared.
    "Big" is a comparable adjective, but "unique" is not



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